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Psalms 62:9

Psalms chapter 62 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

Context

v.8Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. [Selah

v.9This passage

v.10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 26:21

    Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

  • 1 Samuel 18:21

    And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

  • Isaiah 40:15

    Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

  • Daniel 5:27

    TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  • Psalms 55:13

    But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.